I think it helps if the parents set an example. I grew up in the 90's in a house full of readers, reading was normalized. Until about age 10 my parents would r

I think it helps if the parents set an example. I grew up in the 90's in a house full of readers, reading was normalized. Until about age 10 my parents would read to my sisters and I every night. It was part of the bedtime routine. We would gather in my youngest sister's bedroom and my Dad would read a chapter from the book of the week to us before bed. It was mostly stuff like Enid Blighton and Roald Dahl, but I can also remember 'Treasure Island' and '20,000 Leagues under the Sea'. As we got older it evolved into us reading for ourselves, all of us had a reading light beside our beds and it was normal to read in bed before going to sleep. It essentially became a habit I formed, to this day I still read in bed as an adult. At least here is Australia, you used to be able to get a lot of things from the local newsagent. I was really interested in computers as a teenager. When my parents would send me to the corner store to grab bread or milk I'd buy a PC Magazine with the spare change and read it cover to cover, some of them would come with neat demo cds etc.